The Northern Kingdom of Israel of the Ten Tribes: Rabbi Bassous: 5:30 pm

Mincha: 6:35pm

Seuda Shelishit after Mincha

Sponsored by Albert and Dr. Leora Levy Mitzner and family imo his stepfather

Talk by Dr. Elisha Russ-Fishbane

Arvit and Shabbat Ends: 7:48pm

Sunday

8.00am Class with Rabbi Ben Hakakian

Shacharit: 8:30am

Women's Class "Happiness" at 10.00 am

Shulchan Aruch Class: 6:20pm

Mincha and Arvit: 6:50 pm

Rav Kook's Orot Teshuvah 9.00 pm

Monday - Thursday

Shacharit: 6:30am

Shulchan Aruch Class: 6:25pm

New Mincha Minyan: 6:50pm

Arvit: Right after Mincha

Next Week - Friday

Shacharit: 6:30am

Shir Hashirim: 6:40pm

Mincha: 6:55pm

Candle lighting 6:55pm

Classes

Parsha and Halacha: Shabbat and Sunday: 8:00am

Nach: Shabbat: 5:30pm

Woman's Class: Happiness: Sunday: 10:00am

Mishna-a-Day: Monday to Friday: 7:20am

Halacha-a-Day: Monday - Thursday: 7:00pm

New Class - Jewish Meditation Mondays: 8:00pm

Talmud Berachot: Tuesdays: 8:00pm - Chapter Two

Rav Kook's Orot Teshuvah Sundays 9.00 pm

Weekly Bulletin

New Class - Jewish Meditation

Rabbi Bassous has started a new class called Jewish Meditation. The
class will cover the history of meditation, prophecy, and Ruach
Hakodesh. It will explain the why and how to meditate in a Jewish
fashion and demonstrate a simple, but powerful meditation technique of
the Ben Ish Chai. Mondays at 8:00 pm at Congregation Etz Ahaim. Everyone
is welcome and admission is free.

Please join Rabbi Bassous on the NORPAC trip to Washington DC

Israel and the US-Israel relationship face increasing challenges and
uncertainty. With ever-mounting pressure at the UN to impose a peace
settlement on Israel, continued threats and ballistic missile testing by
Iran, the need to authorize over $3.8 billion in aid each year, BDS
bullying its way onto more American college campuses, and the numerous
new Members of Congress to inform about our issues, this will be an
extremely important year for us. Please join Rabbi Bassous on the
NORPAC trip to Washington DC on Wednesday, May 17th, 2017 for the single
most important day of US-Israel relations advocacy!

Help Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of United Jerusalem

The Afikim Foundation in cooperation with the Israel Ministry of
Diaspora Affairs has commissioned the writing of this unique and
historic Torah and invites Jews across the globe to acquire its
304,805 letters, share via social media, and reveal hundreds of
thousands of ways that goodness can elevate lives and give honor to
Jerusalem.

Congregation Etz Ahaim has reserved a block of 200 letters for members
of the congregation. Select your letter, and make a pledge to do an
act of kindness/chesed for this letter. Fulfill your act, and mark your
act as complete. That's it.

You can win a trip to Israel in order to attend the special
ceremony on Yom Yerushalayim, May 24, 2017.

If you have an outstanding balance with Etz Ahaim,
please send in your payment to help the Synagogue.
Your help is appreciated.

If you are the last person to leave the building
(except for Shabbat and Chaggim) make sure all the
lights are out

If you are celebrating a simcha or want to remember a
loved one, sponsoring a kiddush is one of the best ways
to mark the occasion. Please contact Yvonne at
908-227-5194. Our go to our webpage and fill out the form. To sponsor a seuda or a Sunday morning breakfast,
call the shul at 732-247-3839.

Bikur Cholim of Congregation Etz Ahaim

Our Congregation has its own Bikur Cholim Committee.
If you know of a congregant who is in the hospital or a
nursing home and would like a visit, please let us know.
If there is a Home-bound congregant who is in need of a visit or
assistance, we can help. We may also be able to make contact with a
Jewish Agency which may be able to provide additional services. Please
call Rose Reiss at 732-828-7415.

Nursing Home Visitation: Seeking volunteers to visit Mollie
Reuben, Esther Tucker, Shirley Cohen, and others at the Regency
nursing home on DeMott Lane in Somerset. For more info or an updated
list of residents requesting visitors, please call Rahel Baruh at
732-672-4673 or email rbaruh@yahoo.com

Transportation Committee: Drivers and coordinators needed.
Coordinate rides to and from medical appointments - match requests
with an available driver. Each coordinator serves for two weeks at a
time. To volunteer to coordinate or to drive, please call Bikur Cholim
hotline at 732-572-7181 or fill out the volunteer form on the website
bikurcholimrv.com

The congregation extends get-well wishes to:

Al Benzilio

Soroh Rosen

Viktorya Koen

Avishai ben Esther

Galina bat Riva

Joey Cenci (Yoseph Michael ben Yael Rut)

Linda Balavram (Emuna bat Sarah)

Esther Tucker

Nancy Reich

Yehudah Reich

Benny Mayo

Mary Belsky

Esther Arouh

Lilas Saltiel

Donna Bardy

Mary Naar

Lita Greenberg

Bradley Greenberg

Marcelo Schor

Sarah bat Naava

Perla bat Leah

Community News

Request for Assistance

We realize there are many requests for Tzedaka, all heart wrenching.
However, the rules of Tzedaka are to first help your family, then help
your community, then outside the community. Here is a campaign started
by longtime members of our community, who are presently struggling with
the serious issue of having a family member trying to recover in rehab.
They need to raise about $6,000 a month and rehab can take about a year.

Please search Thechesedfund.com and put in the name of the campaign
which is please help us afford rehab to save our son. Please open up
your hearts and help this local family keep their son in rehab. They
have been generous in the past in supporting our community and never
thought they would need to ask for themselves.

(Please note: Rabbi Kaufman and Rabbi Kaminetzky have reviewed this
issue and the great need of the family and encourage all to help in this
extremely worthy and lifesaving effort.) If you wish to make out a check
instead of contributing online, please make it out to Congregation Ohav
Emeth, in the memo write Rabbi's Charity Fund. On a separate note (NOT
in memo) write that it is for the Rehab campaign"

Classes and Meetings

Rebbitzen Eichenstein’s classes for women: Tefillah class on Sunday,
March 19 at 11:00 AM at the Aguda shule; Parsha class on Monday, March
20 at 8:00 PM at Cong. Ohr Torah. For more info, please contact Aviva
at 732-572-4408 or siegelmom@optonline.net

The Women's AMEN Group meets monthly on the Sundays following the
Shabbos in which one bensches Rosh Chodesh, at 9:30 AM in a downstairs
classroom at Congregation Ohr Torah. The group meets in the zechus of a
refuah shelaimah for Menachem Mordechai ben Ophira and theother Cholim
in the community.

The Highland Park mikvah is ready to be transformed into a most
beautiful, inviting facility, one which the entire community can be
proud of! It is now closed; anticipated reopening before Pesach 2017.
The Young Israel of East Brunswick will be extending their hours
throughout the duration of Park Mikvah renovations: Saturday – Thursday:
8:00 – 11:00 PM. Please check their website for more info regarding
fees, and for changes in schedule due to inclement weather. YIEB: 193
Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick, 732-257-4121 or
http://www.yieb.org/mikvah.html The YIEB mikvah strongly encourages
women to prepare at home, due to the expected high volume of patrons.
Pending volunteer availability, Park Mikvah will endeavor to provide
transportation to or from the YIEB mikvah, as a free service. Please
email Aviva at siegelmom@optonline.net to volunteer as a driver, or 2
days prior to your visit, to request a ride to the mikvah. Fundraising
campaign to finance the renovations has begun! Dedication opportunities
are now available! To make a donation, checks can be mailed to Park
Mikvah, 36 Skyview Terrace, Highland Park, NJ 08904 or payment by credit
card or PayPal via PayPal.Me/parkmikvah For more info, email
hpmikvah@gmail.com or www.parkmikvah.org.

Tiferes DVD for women Motzai Shabbos, March 18 at 9:00 PM, at the Siegel
house: “Peer Pressure – Does it ever end?” Speakers: Rabbi Ariel
Shoshan and Mrs. Ayala Berney. Weekly teleconferences with topics such
as shalom bayis and parenting are available to Tiferes members. Current
teleconference: “Smile- A Happiness Plan for You and Your Family” with
Mrs. Chani Juravel, LCSW. For more info, please contact Aviva
siegelmom@optonline.net. The Highland Park / Edison group of Tiferes is
zecher l'nishmas Malka bas Shalom.

Bikur Cholim OWLS (Overnight Women Labor Support): A complimentary
service for maternity situations whereby volunteers will come to stay
with your kids during the night. For more info on receiving this
service or becoming a volunteer, please contact Rikki at 732-249-5116.
Thank you.

Donations of diapers, pull-ups, and wipes are currently being accepted
for the new HP/Edison Diaper Gemach. Please email
diapergemach@gmail.com for more information.